Youngsters Caught Gorging – on Gas
[/caption] Galaxies long, long ago were very fecund; they gave birth to stars at a rate at least ten times…
Phoenix Phone Home! Teams Still Attempting Contact with Mars Lander
No word yet from the Phoenix Mars Lander and, really, mission managers don't expect to hear from the lander. But…
Cryosat-2 Set to Launch Next Week
The ESA has scheduled the launch of Cryosat-2 for February 25th aboard a Russian Dnepr rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome…
Proton Parts
The proton has three parts, two up quarks and one down quark … and the gluons which these three quarks…
Gravity Equation
There is not one, not two, not even three gravity equations, but many! The one most people know describes Newton's…
Galaxy Names
[/caption] Galaxy names come in a bewildering range of forms; from descriptive (e.g. Whirlpool Galaxy, Black Eye Galaxy, The Eyes),…
Stereo “Soul” – A Visualization by Jukka Metsavanio
Seeing double? Darn right you are. It's been awhile since I've featured any of Jukka Metsavanio's brilliant visualizations... and things…
Galaxy Pics
Here are some beautiful galaxy pics. You can even use these as desktop background wallpapers if you like. Just click…
Meteorite Holds Millions of Unidentified Organic Compounds
[/caption] New analysis of the famous Murchison meteorite that crash-landed in Australia over 40 years ago shows the space rock…
Cassini Survives Close Encounter of the Death Star Kind!
[/caption] On February 13, 2010, Cassini flew by Saturn's moon Mimas, coming as close as 9,500 km. It passed directly…